Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 10:25:57 -0500 From: Tom Embt <tom@embt.com> To: sylaw <sylaw@singnet.com.sg>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compare Linux with FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.20000104102557.015b09c0@mail.embt.com> In-Reply-To: <38717D45.856477DB@singnet.com.sg>
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In the end, you probably just want to try them both. For what it's worth, Yahoo! chose FreeBSD over Linux for performance reasons. Also, the default FreeBSD installation does not enable all sorts of extra services (read: security worries), as some Linuxes (Lini?) do. If your FreeBSD server has IDE drives, don't forget to enable UDMA & friends in your kernel. Anyone trying to do a comprehensive comparison of Linux and FreeBSD will probably be biased toward their own personal preference, or at least toward the one of which they are more knowledgable. Add to this the fact that not everyone agrees on what features make a "Great OS" and it becomes apparent what a religious issue it is. Tom Embt >Hi, > >=A0=A0=A0 I would like to setup a Web server and thinking the better choice= is >to go for either Linux or FreeBSD. Can anyone give me a brief comparison >on these two ? > >=A0 Thank you. > >Yong > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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